Coasting and brake attachment for toy vehicles.



J. B. ALLEN.

COASTING AND BRAKE ATTACHMENT FOR TOY VEHICLES;

APPLICATION man NOV. 27, 1911.

1,284,169. A Patented Nov. 5,1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

J. B. ALLEN.

COASTING AND ,BRAKE ATTACHMENT FOR TOY VEHICLES.

APPUCATION FILED NOVl 2T| I917.

Patented N 0v. 5, 1918.

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ApplicationfildNoveniber 27, 191 7. SerialNb; 2 6 13237.

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Be it known that I; J AMES B. ALLEN; a;

citizen oi the Uriited 'Stetes; and mesidemof Pueblo; in the count-yjofPueblo? and State andirusefil-l I'mpmvementin; Gmsting and BrakeAttachments for Toy Vehicles; 026 which the fbllowifig is a full, clear,and ex actvdeseriptio'n. 1, w V Y invention is an improvement inj coast'ingand brakeattaehments fer tey: aiitomejbilese trieycles like;YBhiCIQSPfiI-Hd; it; ispanticulavlyi adapted: for applieamon-qtodevices? (if-the chafrxcifen me tiened in gwhleh;

thewp'eweriis appliedbyineams fifia lf ifli ng lever which oseilla teelim'fa yentfical plflne The principal-object 1 of the: invention i$,;.t.0provide a mechaniem which the: rider may readily contfiol t0 renfdeinthe: YHiC1e"g free mmning (the: di-iving; meohzxinism; beingout0f,g:ear:) 01 apply the brak'e'geii tO thfiQW the: driving.- mechanism)ih to geiw; thisnumber of; p quirecli in evices of thi kind; andi toiseconstruct the devie thatel l the movements described may be effectedghyapugllih'g fiGtiOIl fun single; cable.- -Furtherga'nd: more detailedidegriptiompfithle objects?andiad vantegee10f invention will later;appeai' in; thisispee; cat-1011 lint eitwo sh ets of 'dm n sec niii i yi7 ing this applicatioirlaildformingf apartherepfi? evm iiqn pertszoi thei e. a fbf M035 eu bmebi e g y n ention. pp edr h retos most' ofthe.parts jllustmted in Eig. ;l-;

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clilteh member of the escilletingzp ower lever as Viewed frome it tde;

of'the ha'n dwheel nearer the driver; and

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frame (pf-a toy'automohileiand 11; and l-2j-ite front and rear wheelerespectively -pne,each Oi hi h qnl-y isriridicated-in the drawingei TheHnmch meisx designed to be driyen byl means off the reamaxle;13;to;whichthe mean-- Wheel 12- is normally fixed; by; a'clutch, which ChIt'Qha is;adapted? to. be fietnact'ed to ,;a11 0 meshes, with: a; gear lfiifreeltoreyolve oxtw 52mm p n. p emhlw f r; he p rp se of ding in. k p n the thefi n mem m r- 1 1;-

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andr apijly the: brakes through; a; tuning.

whieh mziy; be. cpnv eniently; constructed; as; w

e min t-t e w 1 ac pa -1 pa si ev rit e e jh e d-Z in p sition tb enterthe-notch 2 7or ride n the sugface-Q'. as the case may be ,A compresingpart 3:3 in engagement with the heade22 but permit's it-t be pushed outand-disen 110 rfqret fibi e l din therein of a pin 32 which" has bentend 33' gaged therefrom when pressure is exerted on thehead 35 of thepin 32.

Acable 36 is secured at one end to the wheel 30. This may be done asindicated in Fig. 1 by attaching the cable to a pin 37 or, as in thepreferred form shown in Fig. 8, by securing the cable to the wheel inposition to be wound thereon in a groove in the edge of the wheel. Thecable 36 passes over an idler 38 on the shaft 21 and thence toward therearwhere it is secured to the upturned end 39 of a compound crank. Thiscompound crank is journaled adjacent its middle in bearings carriedpreferably on the vehicle body and has its end opposite to 39 downwardlyturned at 40 as shown'in Fig. 2 and then continued horizontally at 41 toa point adjacent the wheel 12 where it carries a brake block 42. Atension spring 43 connected to 39 and to a suitable portion of the'frame44 tends always to hold the compound crank in such position that thebrake shoe is out of contact with the wheel 12.

On a bracket 45 carried by the frame there is pivoted at a pointintermediate its ends a lever 46 which carries a yoke 47 at its rear endand which has its forward end outwardly deflected as shown in Figs. .1and 2. The yoke 47 has points which run in but do not touch the bottomof a groove 48 in a collar 49 longitudinally slidable but nonrevolublyheld on the shaft 13 by the spline 50shown in Fig. 5 which is receivedin the notch 51 in the collar. This spline has pointsentering recessesin the axle and the outer of these points 52 is so long as to passentirely through the axle l3 and provide an inner stop for the wheel12which may thus be secured in place by asimple cotter pin or thelike-53. The collar 49 has a series of teeth 54 on its outer end whichare adapted to pass between the spokes of the wheel 12 and lock the sameto the driven axle 13.

Operation.

It will of course be obvious how the operation of the lever 20 back andforth will rotate the rear axle 13. these being old and Well knowncombinations. The clutching and brakingparts which comprise my inventionare shown in the drawings in braking position, with the cable 36 undertension; to reach this position the wheel 29 has been turned in acounter clock-wise direction and the bent portion 33 of the lockingmechanism has ridden well around on the face 24. In this position theparts'must be manually held by the operator by means ,of the wheel. Ifthe wheel is released the spring 43 will actuate the parts and willunwind the cable 36 until the part 33 strikes the face of the projection25; during this movement the downwardly turned portion of thecompoiind'crank 40 travels along a straight part of 46 thus permittingno movement of 46.

will have passed outfar enough on the curved part of 46 to enable thelatter to be moved by the tension spring 55 to throw the collar 49 sothat the teeth 54 engage spokes on the wheel 12 and bind the same to theaxle 13.

A reversal of the movements will of course j give the reverse action.

It will thus be seen that the brakes may be applied with as little ormuch force as the operator may desire and that the parts when releasedfrom tion; but that it will require a positive movement of retractingthe locking part 33 to pass to or from driving position. Liabilitybraking position will automatically return to coasting or neutral positoaccident due to the rider throwing in the V clutch while coasting orintending to apply the brake is thus much reduced. 1

WhileI have only illustrated my clutch and brake as applied to a singlewheel it will be obvious that the construction shown may be duplicatedon the other corresponding wheel if desired; this and other obvious I vchanges in details may be made without departing from my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim and desire to secure byLetters Pat ent is:

1. In a device of the class described, a

driven axle, a wheel on said axle, a clutch normally fixing said wheelto said axle but i adapted to be retracted to free the same, a

compound crank carrying at one end there of a brake in proximity to saidwheel, a curved lever having its curved face in position to be engagedby one crank of said compound crank and its opposite end connected tosaid clutch, a cable connected to the other crank of said compoundcrank. a tension spring connected to said last mentioned crankand actingagainst said cable, and a tension spring holding said curved 'lever inengagement with the adjacent crank.

2. In a toy vehicle, an oscillating, handoperated lever, an axle drivenfrom said lever, a wheel normally fixed to said axle, a clutch normallyfixing said wheel to said axle but adapted to be retracted to free thesame, a compound crank carrying at oneend thereof a brake in proximityto said wheel, a curved lever having its curved face in position to beengaged by one crank of said compound crank and its opposite endconnected to said clutch, a. cable having one L- ing on said cable, atension spring connected to said last mentioned crank and acting againstsaid cable, and a tension spring holding said curved lever in engagementwith the adjacent crank.

3. In a toyvehicle, a compound clutchthrowing and brake-operating crank,a shaft, an oscillating driving lever mounted on said shaft, an idler onsaid shaft, a cable connected at one end to a crank of said compoundcrank and passing over said idler, a grooved wheel on the free end ofsaid oscillating lever to which wheel the other end of said cable issecured and on which said cable is adapted to be wound,

and means on said oscillating lever for turning said grooved Wheel.

4. In a toy vehicle, a compound clutchthrowing and brake-operatingcrank, a shaft, an oscillating driving lever mounted on said shaft, anidler on said shaft, a cable connected at one end to a crank of saidcompound crank and passing over said idler, a pin journaled in the freeend of said oscillating lever, a grooved wheel fixed on said pin towhich wheel the other end of said cable is secured and on which saidcable is adapted to be wound, a hand wheel fixed on said pin, andretractable means for retaining said pin in different angular positions.

5. In a toy vehicle, a driven axle, a wheel free on said axle, a splineon said axle, the outer end of said spline being of suflicient depth topass entirely through said axle and to project therebeyond, and a clutchslidable on said axle and spline, said clutch having fingers on itsouter face adapted to pass between the spokes of said wheel in outermostposition.

6. In a toy vehicle, a driven axle, a wheel free on said axle, a splineon said axle, the outer end of said spline being of sufiicient depth topass entirely through saidaxle and to project therebeyond, whereby saidspline is adapted to act as a stop for said wheel, and a clutch slidableon'said axle and spline to fix said wheel on said axle.

when

7. In atoy vehicle, an axle, a wheel on 7 said axle, a clutch normallyfixing said Wheel to said axle but adapted to be retracted to free thesame, a compound crank carrying at one end thereof a brake in proximityto said wheel, a curved lever having its curved face in position to beengaged by one crank of said compound crank and its opposite endconnected to said clutch, a tension spring forcing said curved leveragainst said crank, a shaft, an oscillating lever mountedon said shaft,a link and gearing for driving said axle from said oscillating lever, anidler on said shaft, a cable connected at one end to a crank .of saidcompound crank and passing over said idler, a tension spring connectedto said last mentioned crank and acting against said cable, a pinjournaled in the free end of said os cillating lever, a grooved wheelfixed on said pin to which wheel the other end of said cable is securedand on which said cable is adapted to be wound, a hand Wheel fixed onsaid pin, and retractable means for retaining said pin in differentangular positions. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

JAMES B. ALLEN.

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